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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.+ }3 m/ {! n3 t
. x/ _! a% h; a+ r2 S. p" GNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.) @2 q8 N" P/ ~, x+ w4 L$ x/ @
1 J2 N' S$ p3 [# a4 ?1 g: g8 l7 kThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.
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' K j+ n( }, L! ]1 j( zSuncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.
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+ M6 d3 o' m4 \% p0 _According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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